Google, Ford, and Volvo, are joining ride-sharing companies Lyft and Uber to lobby the U.S. Government to introduce laws and regulations that will accelerate the development of autonomous vehicle technology.

No traffic jams, no collisions, no driver fatigue! Wait a minute: that was a prediction from 1956, where “electronic devices” embedded in the road would control traffic. And cars would be powered by electricity, look like Cadillacs or Imperials, and have bubble roofs. Tags: apple, audi, autonomous, cadillac, driverless, Ford, google, mercedes-benz, nhtsa, nissan, rinspeed,…